CompTIA Blog

Read about the great sessions and speakers attending this year’s EMEACon and why it’s not to be missed.

CompTIA Project+ is designed for any individual who wants to validate their experience. It doesn’t just focus on how an IT worker creates a project. CompTIA Project+ validates industry-standard skills for any project manager.

Despite the growing number of channel firms offering basic data and network protection today, it’s simply not enough just to counter the basic threats today. Security has to move from a line item in the portfolio to a more highly advanced, proactive management service. It’s a true consulting focus that can be best summarized with six industry best practices.

CompTIA, along with a dozen other technology associations, has sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging them to work with the administration to reach an agreement that would allow passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership this year.

Learn how IT pros are using just-in-time tech – like setting up remote networks on the fly – to support first responders.

College of DuPage CIT student Jacob Huebner got an internship opportunity that few manage – he was an intern right in the CompTIA home office. Not only did he get CompTIA Network+ certified, he got an inside view into what he has to look forward to in his future IT career.

On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, voters in the United States will cast ballots in the 58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election. The following week, CompTIA’s state government affairs (SGA) team will head to Nashville, Tennessee, for its 2016 National State Government Affairs Meeting. This year, we’re happy to announce Jason Boxt and Tim Storey are joining us and will lead a discussion on the 2016 election results.

Sept. 12 is National Video Games Day, and we’re celebrating the longstanding connection between the IT world and the video gaming world with this list of seven arcade classic arcade games, and the CompTIA certifications with which they most closely match up.

January 1st is no longer a reset date. Strategic planning is a 365-day event today and it is the primary role of the top organizational leader. As Geico’s commercials have reinforced for so many years “…it’s what they do.” And September (as well as October, November and December) is perhaps the most crucial time for their management teams to rise to the occasion. This is when sales and marketing leaders double their efforts to find and close the best leads, and work with their customer services counterparts to ensure long-term client success.

The world of work has changed. It’s about technology, not age.

While computing technology has been making cities smarter for more than 100 years, today, many facets of our cities – from transportation and water management to building design and public safety, are viewed as ripe for reinvention.

Following its recent meeting, the ANZ Channel Community will start working in earnest on a roadmap to help all channel-related businesses navigate channel change more successfully.

CompTIA’s 2016 Vendor Summit last month asked a range of hard questions on the current state of distribution.

With some less than stellar earnings reports by IT distributors this month, it has some questioning the long-term viability of these key channel partners. Do these financial reports indicate worse times may be ahead, or are they an indication of the efforts underway to transform services and business models to meet the needs of partners and their customers? My money's on the latter...

A dedicated IT professional by day and an online gamer in his free time, Chelin Sampson is always thinking about building his stats. In his career, this mindset has allowed him to move quickly through the IT ranks.